The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

She said the university has made the application process easier for next year, published more information online and made sure admission counselors are sharing the information with prospective students. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

Groups 88

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. When parents inform APS that they are unable to provide updated proof of residence, protocols are in place to support families,” Atlanta communications director Seth Coleman wrote by email. But it was also about race and class.”

Policies 81

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 81

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs. But not every student can make the leap to full-time status, said Karen Stout, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Achieving the Dream; many have neither the money nor the time. Many, like Dzindzichashvili, interrupt their studies because of the cost.

Report 87

Report Course Advocacy Policies 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students with disabilities process information differently, so they need more explicit instruction to develop and use these skills than general education students do. This plan uses student interests and other information about a student to outline post-high school goals. In the end … a lot of the onus will come back on the school.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

She struggles with decision-making and executive function, which are the skills that allow people to organize information and respond to it. He and his mom looked at a federal report with salary information for various jobs, and he realized an office job would provide a higher quality of life than a food industry job.

Outcomes 92

Outcomes Education Report Survey 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. Missing just two days of school per month has been tied to lower reading proficiency in third grade, lower math scores in middle school and higher dropout rates in high school. They just want you to be quiet.”.

Dropout 102

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. based advocacy group Excelencia in Education, said universities need to go beyond that sort of passive outreach, especially for students who may be hesitant to seek out help. “We

Dropout 109

Dropout Laptops Study Report 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. 14 different emails, all containing potentially vital information.

Policies 142

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 142

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled. The state of Georgia filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in October.

Education 81

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. How do we ensure that Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple won’t sell these enormous stores of information to advertisers, employers, law enforcement or the military? Summit is very informative with parents.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The goal, writes historian John Aubrey Douglass, was “broad access combined with the development of high quality, mission differentiated, and affordable higher education institutions.”. Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs .

Education 98

Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Yael Benvenuto Ladin, a recent graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio, is working to improve access to abortions for young people who live in states where the procedures would be banned or significantly limited if the Supreme Court overturns Roe, effectively removing the federal right to a legal abortion.

Accessibility 27

Accessibility Training Policies Report 27

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? .” $100,000.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2018

Only about one in five of 2016 graduates got full-time jobs in legal offices, the advocacy organization Law School Transparency reported. was sued by the attorney general in its home state of California for allegedly providing inaccurate information to prospective students and using illegal debt-collection practices, which the company denies.

Company 71

Company Industry Advocacy Report 71